Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Southport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37019020305 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 2,917 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Southport
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 37019020305 in Southport, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,917. Cost burden runs 20% here against 40.6% across Brunswick County.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,527
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$71,734
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southport and the region
Centroid at 33.9293, -78.0409 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southport scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Southport
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,371 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Southport
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Southport
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Southport
4.2
How Southport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 149Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2010)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southport
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 149 filings here across 7 tracked years. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The worst year on record was 2010, when 6.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37019020305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020305?
Census tract 37019020305 in Southport scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37019020305?
Median gross rent is $1,371/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020305?
6.1% of residents in tract 37019020305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,917.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 22th, minority 41th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37019020305?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37019020305 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.69% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37019020305 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37019020305 compare to Southport overall?
Tract 37019020305 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Southport at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Southport
Top eight tracts in Southport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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